Button.



No. 665,042. l Patented 1an. l, lem. M. vonnen Linnen.

BUTTON.

(Application led May l25, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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MARIE ELISE VON DER LINDEN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 665,042, dated January1, 1901.

Application filed May 25,1898. Serial No. 681.711. (No n'iodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, MARIE ELIsE voN DER LINDEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a button and eyelet thereforadapted to fasten shoes and other articles composed of leather, rubber,and analogous material.

By my improvement the necessity of sewing the button in place isobviated, thereby saving time, labor, and expense, and in the event ofaccidental breakage or damage thereto the button can be readily replacedby another.

The construction and arrangement of my improved button prevents it fromworking loose or falling out when once properly inserted, and by reasonof the form of the eyelet, with which the button is combined, theleather or other material is prevented from wearing or tearing.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown.

my improvement applied for fastening shoes.

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a shoe-upper before beingfastened and showing the shank of one of the buttons in section Withinan eyelet. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the eyelet andmaterial forming the shoe-upper. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of thesame. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the button.

a is the outer leather portion of a shoe-upper, having buttonholes b andprovided with an inner strip c and an outside lining din the usualmanner.

e is a strip of thin leather or like material arranged to cover the rowof eyelets f. The above thicknesses of material are secured tositionwhen in use.

The button comprises a head fr', having a A shank j and a cross-bar m in'one piece, the latter forming arms k and Z. The arm lo is madeapproximately twice as long as the arm Z and is intended to occupy thelowermost po- The length of the arm Z, together with the thickness ofthe shank, will equal the distance of the oblong opening of the eyeletin order to insert the button in place. To do this, the long arm Zt isfirst inserted through the eyelet horizontally and the button then movedlaterally to the left until the shank reaches the end of the oblongopening, as sho wn at n, Fig. l. Theshort arm z can then be rockedthrough the opening and the arms given a quarter-turn into the verticalposition shown dotted in Fig. 1. In this position gravity, aided by thestrip e, serves to secure the button in place and prevent any tendencyto fall out. In the event of accidental breakage or wearing out of thebutton the shank can be readily removed and another button substituted.

I claim- In combination a button containing a head, a shank and across-bar, the cross-bar forming arms, one on each side of the shank,one of which arms is approximately twice the length of the other; aneyelet having an elongated opening corresponding in length to that ofthe short arm thereto added the thickness of the shank; substantially asdescribed.

MARIE ELISE VON DER LINDEN. Witnesses:

H; HAYMAN, CEAS. F. MEYER.

